Sabotage and booby-traps
Each year there are reports of spectators sabotaging or booby-trapping the course by digging holes, blocking river flow, or burying and hiding obstacles. Racers are warned to beware of large crowds of spectators in remote parts of the course since it may indicate hidden traps or obstacle changes. Many of the booby traps are not created to intentionally injure the contestants but are created by the local spectators as jumps or obstacles for spectator entertainment. The haphazardly-designed jumps, created by the spectators, are very dangerous as the contestants may inadvertently enter the booby-trap at unsafe speeds, resulting in damage to the vehicles or injuries to competitors or spectators. Awareness of booby traps and course alterations are often part of race-day strategy and convey an advantage to the best prepared teams — nonetheless given the danger the traps pose, it is customary for competitors to quickly communicate course hazards to other competitors through on-board radio communications and radio relay.
Current and past classes
Four-Wheel Vehicles
- SCORE Trophy-Truck: Unlimited Production Trucks.
- Class 1: Unlimited open-wheel single- or two-seaters.
- Class 1/2-1600: open-wheel single- or two-seaters to 1600 cc.
- Class 3: Short wheelbase 4X4.
- Class 5: Unlimited Baja Bugs.
- Class 5-1600: 1600 cc Baja Bugs.
- Class 7: Open mini trucks.
- Class 7S: Stock mini trucks.
- Class 7SX: Modified mini trucks.
- Class 8: Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks.
- Class 9: Short wheelbase, open-wheel single- or two-seaters.
- Class 10: open-wheel single or two-seaters to 1650 cc.
- SCORE Lites: Limited open-wheel single-(1776cc) or two-seaters(1835cc).
- Class 11: Stock VW Sedans.
- Stock Full: Stock full-sized trucks.
- Stock Mini: Stock mini trucks.
- Pro Truck: Limited Production Trucks.
- Baja Challenge: Limited, identical open-wheel Baja touring cars.
Motorcycles
- Class 20: 125 cc or smaller two-stroke and 250 cc or smaller four-stroke motorcycles.
- Class 21: 126 cc to 250 cc.
- Class 22: 250 cc or more.
- Class 30: Riders over 30 years old.
- Class 40: Riders over 40 years old.
- Class 50: Riders over 50 years old.
- Class 60: Riders over 60 years old.
ATVs
- Class 24: 250 cc or less.
- Class 25: 251 cc or more.
Notable competitors
- Steve Appleton, President/CEO Micron Technology
- Ron Bishop, Only motorcycle racer to compete in every Baja 1000
- Erik Carlsson
- Anna Jo Cody – First Female to complete the baja 1000 solo.
- Patrick Dempsey
- Walker Evans
- James Garner
- John Johnson
- Jimmie Johnson
- Rod Hall – Most class wins in history
- Parnelli Jones
- Beccy Gordon – sister of Robby
- Bob Gordon – father of Robby and Beccy and off road legend
- Robby Gordon
- Roberto Guerrero
- Jesse G. James
- Rick Johnson
- Danny LaPorte
- Hiro Matsushita
- Corky McMillin
- Steve McQueen
- Chad McQueen
- Roger Mears
- Rod Millen
- Scott Morris
- Michael Nesmith
- Gunnar Nilsson
- Patrick Norton
- Travis Pastrana
- Larry Ragland – several trophy truck class wins
- J.N. Roberts
- Larry Roeseler
- Armin Schwarz
- Jim Smith
- Malcolm Smith
- Marty Smith
- Ivan Stewart
- Jim Wright 1989 factory jeep 1st place
- Rat Sult – 2 Time X games gold winner, 2 time gravity games gold winner
- Jūgatsu Toi
- Mickey Thompson
- Frank “Scoop” Vessels
All of the content from this and the previous page 100% credit. To Wikipedia. You can find the source plus more info here. Be advised that some of the content is no more current. Your best source on current class descriptions is the sanctioning body of the Baja 1000 race, SCORE Intl. (b.t.w. this website – score-baja-1000 dot com – is in no way related or affiliated with that organization and a independent entity.)
